Premier Giorgia Meloni on Friday repeated a jibe she used to criticise trade unions' habit of calling strikes on Fridays to get a long weekend.     Speaking after the CGIL trade union federation called a general strike against the 2026 budget for Friday, December 12, she said on social media: "A new CGIL general strike against the government announced by General Secretary (Maurizio) Landini. On what day of the week will December 12th fall?" Meloni added a puzzled face emoticon, a sarcastic